Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20171026040947/@comment-27535813-20180122164917

Jovanmilic97 wrote: Great analysis NinjaWarrior!

Curious to know what you think about Dhelmise and Barbaracle(I know Wailord and Carnivine are certainly bad so let us leave them where they belong lol). Thanks for the compliment :). Dhelmise will see some use since it is capable of rapid spinning, trapping(Anchor Shot), simply hitting hard(Choice Band), setting up(SD & Growth) and even stalling(it learns phantom force lol). Its ability is fantastic since it can hit relatively hard with Gyro Ball(does more damage with 0 IVs and low speed nature; this is further added by its low speed) or Anchor Shot(doesn't do as much damage than Gyro Ball in more cases but traps Pokemon), this also means it gets a 3rd STAB. Rapid spins sets can work with AV for bulk and also do decently since it absorbs hits, removes entry hazards and also block opposing rapid spin(although it has problems staying in as it can't have a moveslot for status moves due to AV; and it can't run Leftovers due to holding AV). The thing that I should have mentioned first is its typing, Grass-type has an annoying amount of weaknesses but at least it gets resistance to EQ which is a pretty prominent move. It also has 2 immunites and 4 resistances to offset its 6 weaknesses. Lack of recovery move and/or passive recovery(still possible for it to recover w/ leftovers; but z-moves may see some use in breaking through walls) is annoying for its set-up moveset such as Growth and SD sets. Overall it can run a lot of things which makes it more creative and doesn't really restrict team building so I can see it being at least a B tier Pokemon(not sure where it would place specifically), a bit of a shame that it suffers from recovery issues(therefore needs Wish support) as well as 4 moveslot syndrome and being relatively slow(Trick Room teams are a thing but not easy to pull off in the current meta).

Barbaracle is strictly 1 dimensional in that the only viable set it has is Shell Smash and can pull it off decently due to its okay bulk and decent attack stat. Good Base Power STAB moves and can hit almost everything but dies to priority, status and anything that scares it out. It has some niche in being able to sweep and be a win-con since it can also hit a lot of Pokemon but tends to restrict team-building, so I'd say a C tier Pokemon, or mainly C- to C rank.